THE SISTERS OF LADY JANE GREY

AND THEIR WICKED GRANDFATHER

BEING THE TRUE STORIES OF THE STRANGE LIVES OF CHARLES BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLK, AND OF THE LADIES KATHERINE AND MARY GREY, SISTERS OF LADY JANE GREY, “THE NINE-DAYS’ QUEEN”

BY

RICHARD DAVEY

AUTHOR OF “THE SULTAN AND HIS SUBJECTS,” “THE PAGEANT OF LONDON,” AND “THE NINE-DAYS’ QUEEN”

WITH 14 ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON

CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ltd.

1911

Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E. AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE MAJOR MARTIN HUME A GREAT HISTORIAN OF TUDOR TIMES THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY A STUDENT OF THE SAME PERIOD OF OUR NATIONAL HISTORY